Blue Hour Photography and Night Photography Are Not the Same
I often come across people mixing up “blue hour photography” with “night photography”, but to me, those are distinctively different. In a timeline, SUNSET comes first, followed by TWILIGHT, DUSK, and then NIGHT arrives. The time between sunset and dusk is known as BLUE HOUR, colouring the sky deep blue, especially towards the end of …
Photo of the Month (December 2024)
Photographed on 5 December 2024 at Des Voeux Road (Hong Kong). EXIF: 18mm, f/5.6, 0.4 sec, ISO 100. Photographed on 3 December 2024 at Lugard Road Lookout (Hong Kong). EXIF: 18mm, f/8, 13 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for December has two photos, both coming from me and our son’s trip to Hong …
2024 Top 5 Photos of the Year
It’s this time of the year again! Unlike 2023 where I had to include a Squidward photo to make up the numbers 🤣 (see 2023 Top 5 Photos of the Year), it was a bit hard (in other ways) this time around to choose only 5 photos from 10+ favourite photos that I had shot …
Photo of the Month (November 2024)
Photographed on 20 November 2024 at Shoushan LOVE Lookout (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). EXIF: 35mm, f/5.6, 30 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for November comes from my family’s first trip to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. To be honest, this isn’t a strong image, but since it was photographed during the trip, I’m sharing for a memory’s sake. …
Photo of the Month (October 2024)
Photographed on 28 October 2024 at Bayfront Avenue (Singapore). EXIF: 18mm, f/11, 160 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for October is another Singapore skyline, but a bit different take this time by including Louis Vuitton Island Store into the frame. This wasn’t my planned shot, though. The surface of the water was very …
Achieving Sharp Long Exposures: Try L-Bracket with Tripod for Your Vertical Shots
When I started photographing cityscapes with a few minutes of long exposure, I took almost all shots horizontally (in landscape orientation), but it has changed in recent years, and I now shoot most of my cityscapes vertically (in portrait orientation). At first, I didn’t quite like my camera awkwardly hanging on the side, as seen …
Top 10 Photography Spots to Shoot Singapore Skyline
Although I’m originally from Japan, I now live in Singapore and have been shooting its cityscapes for over a decade. In this post, I’m sharing my top 10 photography spots to take stunning Singapore skylines (plus a bonus free PDF eBook giveaway at the end of the post 😉). So, whether you’re a photography enthusiast …
Photo of the Month (September 2024)
Photographed on 3 September 2024 at JR Tower Observatory T38 (Sapporo, Japan). EXIF: 30mm, f/8, 30 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for September comes from our trip to Sapporo, Japan. It’s not my first visit there (my last visit was 25 or so years ago while I was still living in Japan), but …
Photo of the Month (August 2024)
Photographed on 27 August 2024 at Singapore CBD. EXIF: 22mm, f/5.6, 256 secs, ISO 100. Choosing a photo for August’s “Photo of the Month” was a no-brainer. It was a perfect day with “the good sky” and “the calm water” (for clear reflections), two prerequisites for any decent waterfront cityscapes. Ticking either one alone isn’t …
Photo of the Month (July 2024)
Photographed on 29 July 2024 at Punggol Park (Singapore). EXIF: 35mm, f/9, 161 secs, ISO 100. “Photo of the Month” for July comes from Punggol Park, a suburban park in Singapore. I went to CBD for shooting cityscapes a number of times, but the water was somehow choppy every single time (not ideal for reflections …
